Scratching the Woodchuck: Nature on an Amish Farm - Softcover

Kline, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820321540 ISBN 13: 9780820321547

Publisher: (Null), 1999

Synopsis

Scratching the Woodchuck David Kline came upon a sleeping woodchuck one summer day as he walked the land near his farm. In a gesture that speaks eloquently of Kline's relationship with the natural world, he scratched the animal gently with his walking stick, and the sleeping creature arched its back with pleasure at the attention.Like its title, this collection of essays on nature, farming, animals, insects, and other top... Full description

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If you want to know what the real world looks like, you had best read Scratching the Woodchuck. David Kline writes with joy, good humor, and style--I can't think of a book that's given me more pleasure in years.

--Bill McKibben

Scratching the Woodchuck is a wonderful book about the pleasures derived from a well loved and competently used place. David Kline and the Amish are national treasures.

--David Orr

A calm and peaceful book . . . David Kline is a wonderful voice for all of these observations.

--Booklist

Kline's thoroughly charming survey of the natural world . . . has much to teach us about appreciating wild things wherever we happen to be.

--Kirkus Reviews

Unlike the plethora of books intended to help renew and reassemble our disjointed, modern lives, Scratching the Woodchuck provides no instructions for being mindful, strengthening community, cherishing the natural world, deepening spirituality, or doing meaningful work. Instead, Amish farmer David Kline shares with readers a life wholly made of these fundamental things.

--San Francisco Chronicle

David Kline's vision goes beyond 20/20 into the realm of A/Z, where he eloquently uses all of the letters in between to delight us with his insights from his wide travels at home. He's an Amish Thoreau, except he scratches the woodchuck that Thoreau ate.

--Wes Jackson

In this delightful book Kline instructs the reader about the nature and wildlife that he observes on his Ohio farm. But his underlying message is, not surprisingly, to take the time to appreciate the joys of life: the birds, trees, hayfields, streams, clouds, spring peepers--all of nature, including our fellow human beings . . . As a pleasant, instructive visit with an appreciative witness to nature, this book is recommended for all libraries.

--Library Journal

David Kline is an alert observer of the natural world and its creatures, and an utterly pleasant and interesting companion.

--Wendell Berry

Synopsis

A collection of essays on nature, farming, animals and other topics on an Amish farm. The author explores the fields, creeks and woods around his farm, offering a testimony to sustainable farming and land care.

About this edition

• Publisher: (Null)
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0820321540
• ISBN 13: 9780820321547
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230